Improvement in printers  furniture



as the quoins are loosened or'ti -shall approach each tion and manner of @diritti ,time

Letters Patent No. 87,339, dated March 2, 1869.

m IMPRQVEMENT IN PRINTERS FURNITURE. w The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the aange.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THoMAs J. HOUSE, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Side-Stick, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which* Figure 1 is a perspective view of m stick, with the quoins in place,

Figure 2 is an enlarged vie proved side-stick, and showin it occupies when the form or My invention consists in t proved double side-stick, for use in lockingmatter in gall to taking proofs or-printing .The side-stick is mad y improved side-l but not driven up; and w of one end of my img a quoin in the position galley is locked. y he construction o f an imcompositors and printers eys' and forms preparatory e of two parallel bars, withgrooved inner faces, and one or more inclines in the bottom of each groove, in which inclined-bottomed grooves the quoins are placed, andpressed or driven up, in locking the galley or forms, so as to press one of the parallel .bars against the chase, and the other against the form.

owel-pins extend from one bar into the other, so4 that the two shall work directly to or from each other, ghtened.

One or more spiral springs also'connect the barsv tohen the quoins are loosened, the bars other, 'whereby the quoinswill be in the grooves while the forms are gether, so that, w

kept in their places unlocked.

To' enable others skilled in the my invention, I will art to make and use `proceed to describe its construcuse. The side-bars' a a', I make of any suitable material; but, in order to secure lightness and cheapness, I make them'preferably of hard wood. 1

A series of inclines, c c', in any desirable number, according to the length of the stick to be made, and the tightness to which the form is to be locked, is made in the inner faces of one or both of the bars a a.

The bars an' are covered,'on the upper, lower, and outer faces, each by a metallic plate, b, the inner edges of such'iplates extending 4inward over the facespof the inclines c c', as shown by the dotted lines, sufficiently far to form, with such inclines, grooves or slides, in which the quoins d operate, in locking or unlocking the galley or form. The dowels e, extending from-one bar into the other, steady the bars, andtprevent'them from moving otherwise thany to and from each other, while locking and unlocking.

insockets in each, at the o pposite ends, draw the bars a a to each other,

when the form is unlocked.

The bars a c being then spread apart, a quoin, d, of the proper size, is inserted between the faces of each pair of inclines c c', and inside the i nner edges of the metallic plate b, and the-side-stick is ready for use.

The manner of usin g it is as follows:

The side-stick, as shown in fig. 1, is placed between the side of the galley and the matter therein, and the quoins cl are pressed up the inclines c c', by hand ordinarily, with sufficient tightness. i

If used in locking forms for the press, between the side or end of the'chase and and the quoins are driven up, with mallet a stick, till the forms a ness required.

When unlocked, vthe quoins are kept in place by the projecting edges of the plate b, so as not to be lost or mislaid when wanted. .y 4 p 'ecting edges of the plate b, in connection lThe prog with the inclines e c', practically form inclined-faced quoins operate.

grooves, in which the If so preferred, the inclines may be made in but onei of the bars, the other presenting face; and I include in my invention barsl made of other material and other ways, provided such bars, .or either of them, have in use the quoins.

'Ihey may be made of wood or metalpentirely, and the grooves, with inclined bottoms, be made in the inner face of either or each bar, so as to leave ianges above and below, to form the Vsides of 'the grooves, and to keep the quoins in place. f

The advantages of a side-stick so constructed are its cheapness, simplicity, and ready adaptability to every kind of work or size of form,.requiring no change in the galleys or chases now in use.

rIhe Iside-'stick and quoins, being united together, can be used or removed more readily than the side-sticks andquoins heretofore in use.

What I. claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A side-stick, consistn -t is placedl the matter, nd shootingre locked to the degree of tightg of two parallel b'ars, connected by spiral springs, or other equivalent device, with inclined-bottomed grooves or slides in the inner face of one or, both the parallel bars, in which grooves or slides operate the quoins, substantially as and for the purposes above set forth.

In testimony whereof, I, the said THOMAS J. have hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS J. HOUSE.

House,

Witnesses:

THos. B. KEER, JOHN GLENN.

Spiral springs,y s, or other equivalent device, fastened,

a straight-grooved clined-bottomed grooves, in which to r 

